president obama is asking people to be patient after the storm blows through. >> even after the storm is over, it's going to take a considerable amount of time for planes, trains and so forth to get back on schedule. >> reporter: andrew cuomo shutting down some of the city's bridges and tunnels and deploying troops for residents in long island. >> as the surge becomes more and more, long island becoming more and more vulnerable. >> despite the danger people are ignoring warnings to evacuate. >> i've never seen anything like this in my life so hopefully we'll be okay. >> reporter: it was just a few hours ago we thought we might be in the clear. then all of a sudden the wind shifted, winds picked up again and this temperature has dropped at least 20 degrees. we're told now that this storm that is combined with two other tomorrows could be combined with three other storms in west virginia. we're live, craig boswell. >>> the u.s. coast guard rescued more than one dozen people after a tall ship sank 90 miles off the coast of north carolina. 14 people were rescued, a 15th was rescued later.